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Can't build Large hulled ships in Galactic Civilizations IV GalCiv4 Forums

I've researched Large Hull Assembly but I don't seem to be able to build anything with a large hull. There are no pre-designed options and if I go to create a new design I only have tiny, small, medium, and cargo as a hull choice. Am I missing something else necessary to build large hulls? Thanks!

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Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: v2.0: A Guided Tour... in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Clocknova" reply="16" id="1927070"]Update still not available on Stardock Central, despite the announcement of its release. Waiting patiently.[/quote] As of 3:16pm EST it is not available on SDC but is available on Impulse. It is my guess that Stardock is moving from SDC to Impulse and you will need to get all of your updates from there from now on

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Reply to Corporate America’s rejection of Vista in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

XP's uptake percentage had to have been helped by the windows ME situation. It got to move in when every one hated the last windows release. Vista doesn't have that. As for having the correct hardware to run Vista - for the love of God does anyone remember when XP came out? How many computers came with it and only 128MB ram with some of that shared to the video card? Or 256mb and an entry level Celeron CPU? For the record I support Vista and XP computers daily for work. As a g

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Pirates Mega event in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

At first I was filled with dread seeing their attacks of 20+, which is a bit higher than the piddly 1s and 2s the torians and I were trading shots with. Needless to say that all ship movement was stopped and all startbases and ships destroyed. Then I decided this would be a fun new challange Here is an interesting and -eventually- dissapointing consequence. When races military ratings drop near 0 they become very very docile and paniky. After throwing our race into research I was finally

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Reply to Would like to hear opening strategies for your race in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I usually play as a custom race with the Terran tech tree (for their oh so fast engines) with bonuses set to econ, moral, research and creativity Then I research straight for banks - then straight for republic. While doing this I try to send my colony ships a ways out to try to make a line near where other races might be and then fill in behind. This usually lets me get a planet jump on the AI which likes to fill planets in close to home. By the time they reach the line, they

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Reply to Aggressive Torian/Passive Alterans & Humans in TA...? in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Most recent game it was the Thalans - Decently sized empire but built no military even after the Drengin DoWd them. Altarans have been average, but the Terrans were my biggest competitor the game before that. I am wondering if there is more variation in personalities in the expansion - makes it harder to determine a head of time who are going to be troublesome and who are going to be pushovers

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Reply to ToA Gravity Accelerators Crash in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I also have run into a CTD every single time Gravity accelerators are completed. Also of note: they are the only Super project that the game does not remove from the build list once you've started construction on another planet

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Reply to What do like most about Twilight of the Arnor in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

I'll agree with Brad and say the AI. I've been playing the beta for a bit so I might be used to the new tech trees but the AI has improved a lot in the last couple of releases. They are less gullible and way more opportunistic. One minute everyone is a peace, the next Galactic War I was under way and no one was safe. They seem more likely to come to the aid of like minded civs so plan your wars more carefully One thing I did notice was that it seems easy to buy AI planets early

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Screen Flashes during gameplay in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

It seems that with beta5 my screen will randomly go blank and then revert like nothing happened. The flash lasts about 1.5 seconds and about once every 3-4 minutes. I can't seem to track down why. It seems to be limited to the galaxy map (although I spend much more time there than every other screen) and happens in every game I start. I did recently update drivers for my ATI card and add more RAM, but this is the only game I have problems with (so I am guessi

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Reply to Creativy to strong? in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Ssshhh....don't tell anyone! How else am I supposed to get stock exchanges as my 5th tech in a reasonable time without it! I probably hit on about 6 a game and it makes me very said when it triggers when I have 1 turn left till I aquire the technology

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Reply to custom race initial points in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, it seems weird to me that in TA the Acreans have a negative speed ability, yet a negative ability is not something that can be chosen when customizing the races

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Reply to Best Political Party in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I still like the Federalists but I am all about economy and research in my abilities. After party bonuses its something along the lines of +1 creativity (for those research breakthroughs) +50 economy +20 moral (oh, how the people love to pay taxes!) +20 research and whatever else suits my fancy (usually soldering and diplomacy) I find I can get an economy up and running that will support any route to vicotry I want very quickly

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Reply to Sinner's Digest: February 20, 2008 in Sins News Sins Forums

I am a big fan of what SD is doing in terms of Stardock Central and game downloads. Not to mention the incredible support SD and Ironclad provide for games and bang for the buck. Big thanks and keep it up guys!

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Reply to Opening Moves - Strategy in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Well, I wasn't a beta player but here is my $.02: 1. Build cap ship factory and build the BB analog 2. Metal/Crystal extractors 3. Sout and Colonize frigate 4. Scout local phase lines and use the BB to beat up on the local riff raff 5. Colonize 6. Upgrade infra to keep mony flowing in 7. Metal/Crystal extractors 8. Repeat Beyond that it depends on the situation and where the choke points are. For example I abandoned my normal expansion for an all out

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